New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 15 - GAMBLING AND LIQUOR CONTROL
Chapter 1 - GAMES AND GAMING GENERAL PROVISIONS
Part 10 - CONDUCT OF GAMING ACTIVITY UNDER THE GAMING CONTROL ACT
Section 15.1.10.23 - SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS

A. Each gaming operator licensee shall install, maintain and continuously operate a surveillance system at its licensed gaming establishment. The purpose of the surveillance system is to assist the gaming operator licensee and the state in safeguarding the licensee's assets, in deterring, detecting and prosecuting criminal acts, and in maintaining public confidence and trust that licensed gaming activity is conducted honestly and free of criminal elements and activity.

B. The board, in its sole discretion, may exempt a gaming operator licensee from the requirements of this section.

C. Within 60 days after fling its application, each applicant for a gaming operator's license shall submit a written surveillance system plan to the board. The plan shall be in a form approved or required by the board and shall include descriptions of all equipment utilized by the surveillance system, a blueprint or diagram that shows all of the areas to be monitored and the placement of surveillance equipment in relation to the activities being observed, a description of the procedures used in the operation of the surveillance system, and any other information required by the board. The plan shall be approved before a gaming operator license is issued.

D. A licensee shall not make any changes to its approved surveillance plan without prior written approval by the board or its designee. Before implementing any changes to a surveillance system plan, the licensee shall submit the proposed changes on forms approved by the board to the board or its designee for approval. If, after reviewing the gaming operator licensee's proposed changes, the board or its designee determines that the proposed plan is not adequate, it shall notify the gaming operator licensee in writing. The gaming operator licensee shall revise the proposed plan and submit it to the board for approval or request a hearing within 30 days after receipt of the board's written notice.

E. A licensee shall notify the board immediately of any failure of the surveillance system to continuously monitor the gaming premises or to otherwise operate properly. The board may require temporary suspension of gaming activities until the surveillance system is restored.

F. A racetrackgaming premise constructed after September 1, 2003, shall provide at least one entrance to the surveillance room that is not located on the game room floor Any racetrack gaming operator licensee who substantially remodels the gaming premises shall provide at least one entrance to the surveillance room that is not on the gaming room floor

G. A gaming premise initially licensed or constructed after September 1, 2005 shall be required to use digital video recording equipment for its surveillance system.

H. The board may require a licensee to update its surveillance plan if the board, in its discretion, determines that the surveillance plan is not adequate.