§ 41-10-5 Licensing restrictions. –(a) The division shall refuse to grant a license, or shall suspend a license,if the applicant or licensee:
(1) Has been convicted of a felony, or any crime involvingmoral turpitude;
(2) Has engaged in illegal gambling as a significant sourceof income;
(3) Has been convicted of violating any gambling statutes;
(4) Has been convicted of fraud or misrepresentation in anyconnection; or
(5) Has been found to have violated any rule, regulation, ororder of the division.
(b) The license heretofore issued shall be suspended by thedivision for any charge which may result in a conviction or conduct prescribedin subdivisions (a)(1) through (a)(5); which suspension shall be effectiveuntil a final judicial determination.
(c) The division shall refuse to grant, or the division shallsuspend, pending a hearing before the division, a license if the applicant orlicensee is an association or corporation:
(1) Any of whose directors, officers, partners, orshareholders holding a five percent (5%) or greater interest have been foundguilty of any of the activities specified in subsection (a); or
(2) In which it appears to the division that due to theexperience, character, or general fitness of any director, officer, orcontrolling partner, or shareholder, the granting of a license would beinconsistent with the public interest, convenience, or trust.
(d) Whenever requested by the division, the division ofcriminal identification of the department of the attorney general, thesuperintendent of state police, and the superintendent or chief of police ortown sergeant of any city or town, shall furnish all information onconvictions, arrests, and present investigations concerning any person who isan applicant for a license or who is a licensee under this chapter.
§ 41-10-5 Licensing restrictions. –(a) The division shall refuse to grant a license, or shall suspend a license,if the applicant or licensee:
(1) Has been convicted of a felony, or any crime involvingmoral turpitude;
(2) Has engaged in illegal gambling as a significant sourceof income;
(3) Has been convicted of violating any gambling statutes;
(4) Has been convicted of fraud or misrepresentation in anyconnection; or
(5) Has been found to have violated any rule, regulation, ororder of the division.
(b) The license heretofore issued shall be suspended by thedivision for any charge which may result in a conviction or conduct prescribedin subdivisions (a)(1) through (a)(5); which suspension shall be effectiveuntil a final judicial determination.
(c) The division shall refuse to grant, or the division shallsuspend, pending a hearing before the division, a license if the applicant orlicensee is an association or corporation:
(1) Any of whose directors, officers, partners, orshareholders holding a five percent (5%) or greater interest have been foundguilty of any of the activities specified in subsection (a); or
(2) In which it appears to the division that due to theexperience, character, or general fitness of any director, officer, orcontrolling partner, or shareholder, the granting of a license would beinconsistent with the public interest, convenience, or trust.
(d) Whenever requested by the division, the division ofcriminal identification of the department of the attorney general, thesuperintendent of state police, and the superintendent or chief of police ortown sergeant of any city or town, shall furnish all information onconvictions, arrests, and present investigations concerning any person who isan applicant for a license or who is a licensee under this chapter.
§ 41-10-5 Licensing restrictions. –(a) The division shall refuse to grant a license, or shall suspend a license,if the applicant or licensee:
(1) Has been convicted of a felony, or any crime involvingmoral turpitude;
(2) Has engaged in illegal gambling as a significant sourceof income;
(3) Has been convicted of violating any gambling statutes;
(4) Has been convicted of fraud or misrepresentation in anyconnection; or
(5) Has been found to have violated any rule, regulation, ororder of the division.
(b) The license heretofore issued shall be suspended by thedivision for any charge which may result in a conviction or conduct prescribedin subdivisions (a)(1) through (a)(5); which suspension shall be effectiveuntil a final judicial determination.
(c) The division shall refuse to grant, or the division shallsuspend, pending a hearing before the division, a license if the applicant orlicensee is an association or corporation:
(1) Any of whose directors, officers, partners, orshareholders holding a five percent (5%) or greater interest have been foundguilty of any of the activities specified in subsection (a); or
(2) In which it appears to the division that due to theexperience, character, or general fitness of any director, officer, orcontrolling partner, or shareholder, the granting of a license would beinconsistent with the public interest, convenience, or trust.
(d) Whenever requested by the division, the division ofcriminal identification of the department of the attorney general, thesuperintendent of state police, and the superintendent or chief of police ortown sergeant of any city or town, shall furnish all information onconvictions, arrests, and present investigations concerning any person who isan applicant for a license or who is a licensee under this chapter.
