1.  Before issuing a state gaming license to an applicant for a restricted operation, the Commission shall charge and collect from the applicant for each slot machine for each quarter year:

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(a) A license fee of $81 for each slot machine if the applicant will have at least 1 but not more than 5 slot machines.

(b) A license fee of $405 plus $141 for each slot machine in excess of 5 if the applicant will have at least 6 but not more than 15 slot machines.

2.  The Commission shall charge and collect the fee prescribed in subsection 1:

(a) On or before the last day of the last month in a calendar quarter, for the ensuing calendar quarter, from a licensee whose operation is continuing.

(b) In advance from a licensee who begins operation or puts additional slot machines into play during a calendar quarter.

3.  Except as otherwise provided in NRS 463.386, no proration of the fee prescribed in subsection 1 may be allowed for any reason.

4.  The operator of the location where slot machines are situated shall pay the fee prescribed in subsection 1 upon the total number of slot machines situated in that location, whether or not the machines are owned by one or more licensee-owners.