§ 23-6-101

23-6-101. Definitions. Unless the context requires otherwise, the following definitions apply in this part: (1) 'Arcade' means a commercial establishment whose primary purpose is to make amusement games available for public play. (2) 'Concessionaire' means a person who owns one or more amusement games and who enters into an agreement with an operator, as defined in subsection (5)(a), to conduct games. A concessionaire may also be an operator. (3) 'Crane game' means an amusement game activated by the insertion of a coin or token by which the player uses one or more buttons, control sticks, or similar means of control or a combination of those means of control to position a mechanical or electromechanical claw or other retrieval device over a prize and attempts to retrieve it. (4) 'Nonprofit organization' means a nonprofit corporation or a nonprofit charitable, religious, scholastic, educational, veterans', fraternal, beneficial, civic, or service organization, established for a purpose other than conducting amusement games. (5) 'Operator' means a person who: (a) enters into an agreement with a county fair commission, board of directors of a fair district, joint fair and civic

rpose other than conducting amusement games. (5) 'Operator' means a person who: (a) enters into an agreement with a county fair commission, board of directors of a fair district, joint fair and civic center commission, business, or an association of businesses, such as a shopping center or downtown area, to provide amusement games; or (b) makes an amusement game available for public play on premises owned by the operator or on premises owned by another person. (6) 'Prize' means: (a) tangible personal property; or (b) nontransferable tokens or tickets that may be accumulated and redeemed for tangible personal property. History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 523, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 327, L. 1993.