23-5-308. Card game dealers -- license. (1) Except as provided in 23-5-318, a person may not deal cards in a live card game of panguingue or poker without being licensed annually by the department.
     (2) The fee for the first year in which the license is effective is $75, and the annual renewal fee is $25. The fee may not be prorated.
     (3) The department shall retain for administrative purposes the license fee charged for the issuance of a dealer's license.
     (4) A licensed dealer shall have on his person, and display upon request, his dealer's license when he is working as a dealer.
     (5) (a) The department shall adopt rules to implement temporary licensing procedures until a permanent license is issued to a dealer.
     (b) The rules must provide that:
     (i) a temporary license may be obtained at the place where a person locally applies for a driver's license; and
     (ii) the receipt received upon mailing by certified mail a completed license application and the fee required under subsection (2), return receipt requested, constitutes a temporary license.
     (c) The department may not assess a fee for the temporary license.

     History: En. Sec. 28, Ch. 642, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 35, Ch. 647, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 317, L. 1993.