Kan. Admin. Regs. § 112-104-18 - Transportation of bill validator canisters to and from bill validators; storage

(a) Each facility manager's internal control system shall include internal controls for the transportation of bill validator canisters. The internal controls shall be submitted to and approved by the commission according to K.A.R. 112-104-1. Each facility manager shall file with the commission a schedule setting forth the specific times at which bill validator canisters will be brought to or removed from the bill validators, along with specifications as to the areas of the gaming floor where canisters will be brought to or removed from the bill validator on each pickup day and the specific transportation route to be utilized from the gaming floor to the count room.

(b) Each facility manager shall maintain and make available to the commission, upon request, a detailed and current list of all employees participating in the transportation of bill validator canisters. Each deviation from the schedule setting forth the specific times at which bill validator canisters will be brought to or removed from the bill validators, change in the areas to be dropped, or change in the transportation route to the count room shall be noticed to the commission in advance.

(c) Each bill validator canister removed from a bill validator shall be transported directly to, and secured in, the count room or a trolley storage area located adjacent, configured, and secured by at least three employees. At least one of these employees shall be a member of the security department, and at least one of these employees shall be a member of the cage department. The facility manager shall also comply with the following procedures:

(1) Before the removal of a bill validator canister from a bill validator, patrons shall be removed from the immediate area being dropped by representatives of the security department.

(2) Each bill validator canister that is removed from a bill validator during the drop process shall be replaced with an empty bill validator canister that meets the requirements of K.A.R. 112-104-17.

(3) Upon its removal from a bill validator, a bill validator canister shall be placed in an enclosed trolley that is secured by two separately keyed locks. The keys shall be maintained and controlled as follows:

(A) The key to one lock shall be maintained and controlled by the cage department; and

(B) the key to the second lock shall be maintained and controlled by the security department. Access to the security department's key shall be controlled by a sign-out and sign-in procedure. The security department's key shall be returned to its secure location upon the completion of the collection and transportation of the bill validator canisters.

(4) Before the movement of any trolley containing bill validator canisters from the gaming floor into the count room, the drop team supervisor shall verify that the number of bill validator canisters being transported from the gaming floor equals the number of bill validator canisters scheduled to be collected that day.

(5) Each bill validator canister being replaced by an emergency bill validator canister shall be transported to, and secured in, the count room by at least three employees, at least one of which shall be a member of the cage department and at least one of which shall be a member of the security department.

(d) All bill validator canisters not contained in a bill validator, including emergency bill validator canisters that are not actively in use, shall be stored in the count room or other secure area outside the count room approved by the commission, in an enclosed storage cabinet or trolley and secured in the cabinet or trolley by a separately keyed, double-locking system. The keys shall be maintained and controlled as follows:

(1) The key to one lock shall be maintained and controlled by the cage department; and

(2) the key to the second lock shall be maintained and controlled by a security department. Access to the security department's key shall be limited to a supervisor of that department.

(e) Notwithstanding subsection (c), the security department may, before beginning the count process, issue its key to the storage cabinet or trolley to a count room supervisor for the purpose of allowing count room personnel to gain access to the bill validator canisters to be counted. Each key transferred from the custody of the security department to the count room supervisor shall be returned immediately following the conclusion of the count of the bill validator canisters and the return of the empty emergency drop boxes and bill validator canisters to their respective storage cabinet or trolley by the count room supervisor. The security department shall establish a sign-out and sign-in procedure, which shall include documentation of each transfer.

(f) Employees authorized to obtain bill validator canister storage cabinet or trolley keys shall be precluded from having simultaneous access to bill validator canister keys, with the exception of the count team in the count room.

(g) The access to bill validator canisters stored in the count room that have not been emptied and counted shall be restricted to authorized members of the drop and count teams.

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Kan. Admin. Regs. § 112-104-18

Authorized by and implementing K.S.A. 2007 Supp. 74-8772; effective Sept. 26, 2008.