This text of New Mexico § 60-2E-35 (Internal control systems) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering New Mexico primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.
A. Each gaming operator licensee shall adopt internal control systems that shall include provisions for:
(1)safeguarding its assets and revenues, especially the recording of cash and evidences of indebtedness;
(2)making and maintaining reliable records, accounts and reports of transactions, operations and events, including reports to the board; and (3) a system by which the amount wagered on each gaming machine and the amount paid out by each gaming machine is recorded on a daily basis, which results may be obtained by the board by appropriate means as described in regulations adopted by the board; all manufacturers are required to have such a system available for gaming operators for the gaming machines that it supplies for use in New Mexico, and all distributors shall make such a syste
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A. Each gaming operator licensee shall adopt internal control systems that shall include provisions for: (1) safeguarding its assets and revenues, especially the recording of cash and evidences of indebtedness; (2) making and maintaining reliable records, accounts and reports of transactions, operations and events, including reports to the board; and (3) a system by which the amount wagered on each gaming machine and the amount paid out by each gaming machine is recorded on a daily basis, which results may be obtained by the board by appropriate means as described in regulations adopted by the board; all manufacturers are required to have such a system available for gaming operators for the gaming machines that it supplies for use in New Mexico, and all distributors shall make such a system available to gaming operators. B. The internal control system shall be designed to reasonably ensure that: (1) assets are safeguarded; (2) financial records are accurate and reliable; (3) transactions are performed only in accordance with management's general or specific authorization; (4) transactions are recorded adequately to permit proper reporting of gaming revenue and of fees and taxes and to maintain accountability of assets; (5) access to assets is allowed only in accordance with management's specific authorization; (6) recorded accountability for assets is compared with actual assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any discrepancies; and (7) functions, duties and responsibilities are appropriately segregated and performed in accordance with sound accounting and management practices by competent, qualified personnel. C. A gaming operator licensee and an applicant for a gaming operator's license shall describe, in the manner the board may approve or require, its administrative and accounting procedures in detail in a written system of internal control. A gaming operator licensee and an applicant for a gaming operator's license shall submit a copy of its written system to the board. Each written system shall include: (1) an organizational chart depicting appropriate segregation of functions and responsibilities; (2) a description of the duties and responsibilities of each position shown on the organizational chart; (3) a detailed, narrative description of the administrative and accounting procedures designed to satisfy the requirements of Subsection A of this section; (4) a written statement signed by the licensee's chief financial officer and either the licensee's chief executive officer or a licensed owner attesting that the system satisfies the requirements of this section; (5) if the written system is submitted by an applicant, a letter from an independent certified public accountant stating that the applicant's written system has been reviewed by the accountant and complies with the requirements of this section; and (6) other items as the board may require. D. The board shall adopt and publish minimum standards for internal control procedures.