SENATE BILL NO. 969

June 16, 2020, Introduced by Senators HOLLIER, BULLOCK, WOJNO, POLEHANKI, HERTEL, GEISS, CHANG, BARRETT, ANANICH and SCHMIDT and referred to the Committee on Regulatory Reform.

A bill to amend 2019 PA 152, entitled

"Lawful internet gaming act,"

(MCL 432.301 to 432.322) by adding section 10a.

the people of the state of michigan enact:

Sec. 10a. (1) Notwithstanding anything in this act to the contrary, a person that holds a casino license under the Michigan Gaming Control and Revenue Act, 1996 IL 1, MCL 432.201 to 432.226, or an Indian tribe that lawfully conducts class III gaming in a casino located in this state under a facility license issued in accordance with a tribal gaming ordinance approved by the chair of the National Indian Gaming Commission is considered to hold an internet gaming operator license until the earlier of the following:

(a) The chief medical executive or the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention declares that social distancing related to the COVID-19 pandemic is no longer necessary in this state.

(b) The board issues an internet gaming operator license to the person or Indian tribe under section 7.

(2) A person or Indian tribe that is considered to hold an internet gaming operator license under subsection (1) may offer any internet game described in section 10(a).

(3) Notwithstanding anything in this act to the contrary, an interested person that has submitted an application for a provisional internet gaming supplier license under section 8(2) is considered to hold a provisional internet gaming supplier license until the earlier of the following:

(a) The chief medical executive or the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention declares that social distancing related to the COVID-19 pandemic is no longer necessary in this state.

(b) The board issues a provisional internet gaming supplier license to the interested person under section 8(2).

(4) Notwithstanding anything in this act to the contrary, until the chief medical executive or the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention declares that social distancing related to the COVID-19 pandemic is no longer necessary in this state, a person or Indian tribe that is considered to hold an internet gaming operator license under subsection (1) may contract with a person or Indian tribe located outside of this state to provide an integrated system of hardware, software, applications, including mobile applications, and servers through which the person or Indian tribe that is considered to hold an internet gaming operator license under subsection (1) operates, conducts, or offers internet gaming if the board determines that the person or Indian tribe located outside of this state is authorized under its state law to provide its state's equivalent of an internet gaming platform.

(5) As used in this section, "chief medical executive" means the chief medical executive of the office of chief medical executive within the department of health and human services created under Executive Reorganization No. 2016-4, MCL 333.26369.