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File #: 060216    Version:
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 5/31/2006 In control: LICENSES COMMITTEE
On agenda: Final action: 6/20/2006
Effective date: 7/8/2006    
Title: A substitute ordinance relating to amusement machine licensing.
Sponsors: James N. Witkowiak
Indexes: LICENSES
Attachments: 1. Fiscal Note, 2. Notice Published on 7-7-06.PDF
Number
060216
Version
SUBSTITUTE 1
Reference

Sponsor
ALD. WITKOWIAK
Title
A substitute ordinance relating to amusement machine licensing.
Sections
84-56-1-c am
84-56-2-c-1 am
84-58-2 am
Analysis
This ordinance modifies the license requirements for amusement machine distributor and videogame center licenses by:
1. Changing the current corporate applicant residency requirement from residency in Milwaukee county prior to applying for the license to residency in the state of Wisconsin.
2. Requiring only the agent to be fingerprinted, and removing the current requirement that one of the principal officers who is not an agent also be fingerprinted. The requirement that an applicant be fingerprinted shall not apply to a person already licensed by the city when that person is renewing the license.
3. Removing the current requirement that notification of a change of officer or partner be reported within 10 days after the change occurs.
Body
The Mayor and Common Council of the City of Milwaukee do ordain as follows:

Part 1. Section 84-56-1-c of the code is amended to read:

84-56. Qualifications.

1. AMUSEMENT MACHINE DISTRIBUTOR.

c. Residency. No amusement machine distributor’s license shall be granted to any person or partner not a resident of this state for at least one year prior to the date of the filing of the application. In the case of a corporate applicant, a one year [[county]] >>state<< residency requirement shall apply to the agent, and all officers and directors of the corporation must be residents of this state for at least one year prior to the date of the filing of the application.

Part 2. Section 84-56-2-c-1 of the code is amended to read:

2. VIDEOGAME CENTER.

c. Residency. c-1. No videogame center license shall be granted to an individual, partnership or a corporate applicant, unless the individual applicant, each of the partners, or the corporate agent is a resident of this sta...

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