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<p><b>ALLOW PERSON TO REMOVE NAME FROM</b></p>

<p><b>DISASSOCIATED PERSONS LIST</b></p>



<p><b>House Bill 4686 as introduced</b></p>

<p><b>Sponsor:  Rep. Ryan Berman</b></p>

<p><b>Committee:  Regulatory Reform</b></p>

<p><b>Complete to 2-11-20</b></p>



<p style='text-align:justify'><b>SUMMARY: </b></p>



<p style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify'>House Bill 4686
would amend the Michigan Gaming Control and Revenue Act to allow a person to
request removal of his or her name from the list of disassociated persons
maintained under that act. Placement on this list subjects a person to being
charged with criminal trespassing if he or she enters the premises of a casino licensed
in Michigan.</p>



<p style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify'>1997 PA 69 <a name="StartText"></a>provided for the creation of a “disassociated persons” list
for the voluntary participation of problem gamblers who wish to make it illegal
for themselves to enter a casino. Placement on the list is for the rest of the
person’s life. If a disassociated person is found at a casino, the person is
immediately removed from the premises, any winnings are confiscated by the
Michigan Gaming Control Board for deposit in the Compulsive Gaming Prevention
Fund, and a criminal complaint for trespassing is filed. Currently, only the
three Detroit casinos are licensed by the state. </p>



<p style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify'>The bill would
enable a person who has been on the list of dissociated persons for at least
five years to submit a form to the Michigan Gaming Control Board to have his or
her name removed from the list. After receiving the form, the board would have to
notify each casino licensee, the Department of the Attorney General, and the
Department of State Police that the individual’s name has been removed from the
list.</p>



<p style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify'>MCL 432.225</p>



<p style='text-align:justify'><b>FISCAL IMPACT:</b> </p>



<p style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify'>House Bill 4686 likely
would increase administrative responsibilities for the Michigan Gaming Control
Board. However, it is estimated that current appropriations and personnel are
sufficient to accommodate any marginal costs.</p>



<p style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify'>According to the
Michigan Gaming Control Board in March 2019, there are a little over 4,600
people on the disassociated persons list, and between 10 and 12 disassociated
gamblers are discovered at the casinos each month. According to the most recent
data available, approximately $540,000 in winnings has been seized from persons
on the disassociated persons list over the last five years. Since 2005, more
than $1.0 million has been seized and over 1,000 trespassing cases involving
disassociated gamblers have been prosecuted. </p>



<p style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify'>To the extent
that the bill reduces the number of individuals on the disassociated persons list
and thereby reduces the amount of winnings that are seized from disassociated
persons who return to the casino and win, the bill would reduce revenues to the
Compulsive Gaming Prevention Fund.&nbsp;</p>



<p style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify'>The bill could also
result in a decrease in costs for the state and for local units of government.
There could be a decrease in costs related to county jails and/or local misdemeanor
probation supervision. The costs of local incarceration in county jails and
local misdemeanor probation supervision vary by jurisdiction. There could be a
decrease in costs for local court systems, depending on how provisions of the
bill affected court caseloads and related administrative costs. There could
also be a decrease in penal fine revenues, which would decrease funding for
public and county law libraries, the constitutionally designated recipients of
those revenues.</p>

























































<p style='text-align:justify'>                                                                                        Legislative
Analyst:   <a name="Analyst"></a>Susan Stutzky</p>

<p style='text-align:justify'>                                                                                               Fiscal
Analysts:   Ben Gielczyk</p>

<p style='text-align:justify'>                                                                                                                           Robin
Risko</p>

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This analysis was prepared by nonpartisan House Fiscal Agency staff for use by
House members in their deliberations, and does not constitute an official
statement of legislative intent.</span></p>

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