N.Y. Labor Law § 819: Training of persons in the repair and reconditioning of slot machines

§ 819. Training of persons in the repair and reconditioning of slot

machines. Possession of a slot machine shall be permitted where such

possession is necessary to facilitate the training of persons in the

repair and reconditioning of such machines by entities not subject to

tribal-state compacts, provided all of the following conditions are met:

1. The entity is registered with the commissioner pursuant to this

article;

2. The entity has an approved apprenticeship program in the electrical

trades pursuant to title 12, volume C-1, part 601 of the New York state

codes, rules and regulations;

3. The entity has submitted to, and received approval from, the

superintendent of state police of a security plan with regard to the

movement, location and storage of such machines at all times, including

but not limited to, a log of all persons having access to such machines,

and a video surveillance of such machines;

4. (a) Written notification, made to the commissioner, shall be made

for each machine to be received by an approved apprenticeship program.

Such notification shall include the manufacturer, model and serial

number for each machine and identification number of each program

storage device such as EPROM, ROM, flash ROM, DVD or CD-ROM. Such

identical information shall be maintained by each approved

apprenticeship program in a format required by the commissioner.

(b) Each approved apprenticeship program shall promptly notify the

commissioner, in writing, of the return, removal or destruction of a

machine or program storage device or of additional program storage

devices to be received;

5. The entity possesses a tag issued by the department with an

identification number affixed and identifying each machine.