2-1203.02.

Licensees, administrators, and managers; application; fingerprinting and criminal history record check; costs.

(1)(a) Any person between sixteen and seventy-five years of age applying for or holding a license to participate in or be employed at a horserace meeting licensed by the commission shall be subject to fingerprinting and a check of his or her criminal history record information maintained by the Federal Bureau of Investigation through the Nebraska State Patrol. Each applicant shall furnish to the Nebraska State Patrol a full set of legible fingerprints to enable a criminal background investigation to be conducted. The Nebraska State Patrol shall submit the fingerprints to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for a national criminal history record check. The Nebraska State Patrol shall issue a report to the commission that includes the information collected from the national criminal history record information check concerning the individual. Such requirements shall be for the purpose of determining whether the commission has a basis to deny the license application or to suspend, cancel, or revoke the person's license.

(b) Any person between sixteen and seventy-five years of age involved in the administration or management of a racetrack, including the governing body, shall be subject to fingerprinting and a check of his or her criminal history record information maintained by the Federal Bureau of Investigation through the Nebraska State Patrol. Each applicant shall furnish to the Nebraska State Patrol a full set of legible fingerprints to enable a criminal background investigation to be conducted. The Nebraska State Patrol shall submit the fingerprints to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for a national criminal history record check. The Nebraska State Patrol shall issue a report to the commission that includes the information collected from the national criminal history record information check concerning the individual.

(c) The applicant, licensee, or person involved in the administration or management of a racetrack shall pay the actual cost of any fingerprinting or check of his or her criminal history record information.

(d) The requirements of this subsection shall not apply to employees of concessions who do not work in restricted-access areas, admissions employees whose duties involve only admissions ticket sales and verification or parking receipts sales and verification, and medical or emergency services personnel authorized to provide such services at the racetrack.

(2) If the applicant is an individual who is applying for a license to participate in or be employed at a horserace meeting, the application shall include the applicant's social security number.