§ 1316. Minimum license thresholds. No applicant shall be eligible to\nreceive a gaming license unless the applicant meets the following\ncriteria and clearly states as part of an application that the applicant\nshall:\n 1. in accordance with the design plans submitted with the licensee's\napplication to the board, invest not less than the required capital\nunder this article into the gaming facility;\n 2. own or acquire, within sixty days after a license has been awarded,\nthe land where the gaming facility is proposed to be constructed;\nprovided, however, that ownership of the land shall include a tenancy\nfor a term of years under a lease that extends not less than sixty years\nbeyond the term of the gaming license issued under this article;\n 3. meet the licensee deposit requirem
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§ 1316. Minimum license thresholds. No applicant shall be eligible to\nreceive a gaming license unless the applicant meets the following\ncriteria and clearly states as part of an application that the applicant\nshall:\n 1. in accordance with the design plans submitted with the licensee's\napplication to the board, invest not less than the required capital\nunder this article into the gaming facility;\n 2. own or acquire, within sixty days after a license has been awarded,\nthe land where the gaming facility is proposed to be constructed;\nprovided, however, that ownership of the land shall include a tenancy\nfor a term of years under a lease that extends not less than sixty years\nbeyond the term of the gaming license issued under this article;\n 3. meet the licensee deposit requirement;\n 4. demonstrate that it is able to pay and shall commit to paying the\ngaming licensing fee;\n 5. demonstrate to the commission how the applicant proposes to address\nproblem gambling concerns, workforce development and community\ndevelopment and host and nearby municipality impact and mitigation\nissues;\n 6. identify the infrastructure costs of the host municipality incurred\nin direct relation to the construction and operation of a gaming\nfacility and commit to a community mitigation plan for the host\nmunicipality;\n 7. identify the service costs of the host municipality incurred for\nemergency services in direct relation to the operation of a gaming\nfacility and commit to a community mitigation plan for the host\nmunicipality;\n 8. pay to the commission an application fee of one million dollars to\ndefray the costs associated with the processing of the application and\ninvestigation of the applicant; provided, however, that if the costs of\nthe investigation exceed the initial application fee, the applicant\nshall pay the additional amount to the commission within thirty days\nafter notification of insufficient fees or the application shall be\nrejected and further provided that should the costs of such\ninvestigation not exceed the fee remitted, any unexpended portion shall\nbe returned to the applicant;\n 9. comply with state building and fire prevention codes;\n 10. formulate for board approval and abide by an affirmative action\nprogram of equal opportunity whereby the applicant establishes specific\ngoals for the utilization of minorities, women and veterans on\nconstruction jobs.\n