(a)  All persons, firms, partnerships, associations, or corporations desiring to operate any concession allied to any fronton, shall apply for a license to the division of racing and athletics, on such forms and in such a manner as prescribed by regulations. The division by regulations shall establish other occupational licensing for all employees of the concessions, all pari-mutuel employees, and all persons employed in any other capacity by the fronton management.

Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 41-7-10

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • fronton: as used in this chapter mean a building or enclosure in which is provided a playing court with three (3) walls so designed and constructed for the playing of that sports game of ball as played in Spanish speaking countries, called jai alai or pelota. See Rhode Island General Laws 41-7-2
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.

(b)  All persons, firms, partnerships, associations, or corporations employed by the fronton management in providing pari-mutuel totalizator computer services for pari-mutuel computations, shall apply for a license to the division upon such forms and in such manner as prescribed by regulations of the division. All employees of the pari-mutuel totalizator computer companies shall be licensed by the division on forms prescribed by regulations of the division.

(c)  In determining whether to grant a license pursuant to this section the division may require the applicant to submit information as to: financial standing and credit; moral character; criminal record, if any; previous employment; corporate, partnership, or association affiliations; ownership of personal assets; and such other information as it deems pertinent to the issuance of the license. The division may reject for good cause an application for a license, and it may suspend or revoke for good cause any license issued by it after a hearing held in accordance with chapter 35 of Title 42; subject to further appeal procedures provided by § 41-2-3.

(d)  Issuance of license and the payment of annual fees shall be the same in accordance with the following schedule:

(1) Concessionaires and vendors                                          $200

(2) Occupational license

Player license                                          10.00

Ball maker                                          10.00

Player/manager                                          10.00

Jai alai judge                                          10.00

(3) Vendor or concessionaire employee                                          10.00

(4) Pari-mutuel employees                                          10.00

(5) Employees of fronton management                                          10.00

(6) Pari-mutuel totalizator companies                                          200

(7) Pari-mutuel totalizator company employees                                          10.00

(8) Security employees                                          10.00

(e)   All individual applicants for licensing under this section shall be fingerprinted, and, upon obtaining a license, shall wear upon his or her outer apparel a photo identification badge, issued or authorized by the division of racing and athletics under rules and regulations promulgated by the division.

History of Section.
P.L. 1981, ch. 307, § 2; P.L. 1993, ch. 138, art. 62, § 7.