(a) Term. A Class E license shall be issued for the year beginning July 1 of each year and ending June 30 of the next succeeding year.
(b) Fees. The annual fee for a Class E license is $100. The licensee shall pay a late fee of $25 per day for a failure to renew the license prior to its expiration.
(c) Display. Each Class E license shall be securely fastened and prominently displayed on the amusement device for which it was issued.
(d) Transfer. A Class E license may not be transferred to another owner, location, or place of business.
(e) Failure to display license. If a coin-operated amusement device is in operation and a Class E license for the device is not displayed in accordance with subsection (c), the authorized agents of the County shall request the proprietor of the premises where the device is found, or the person exercising management responsibility for the premises if the proprietor is not present, to produce the license for the device.
(f) Failure to provide satisfactory proof of licensing. If satisfactory proof of licensing has not been provided to the Director within 24 hours, the proprietor or the person exercising management responsibility for the premises shall be notified to immediately render the unlicensed amusement device inoperable until a license is obtained for the device and obtain the license within five working days of the date of notice.
(g) Confiscation of device. The County may confiscate an unlicensed amusement device if:
(1) the device is not rendered inoperable as provided in this section;
(2) the device is placed back in operation after having been rendered inoperable but before the issuance of a license for the device; or
(3) a license is not obtained for the device within five working days after notification and the device has not been removed from the premises.
(h) Redemption of devices after confiscation. Whenever a coin-operated amusement device is confiscated in accordance with subsection (g), the device may be redeemed by its owner on payment of a recovery charge of $250. If a device is not redeemed within 180 days after the date of confiscation, it shall be considered abandoned. A device that has been redeemed in accordance with this section may not be placed into operation until a Class E license has been obtained for the device.
(i) Suspension; revocation. In addition to penalties that may be imposed on the first conviction of a proprietor or the proprietor's agent or employee of a business where coin-operated amusement devices are kept, the Director may suspend for up to three months all Class E licenses issued for the amusement devices on the premises of the proprietor. On a second conviction, the Director shall revoke the Class E licenses.
