Section 5-1318 - [See Note] Fees; event wagering fundA. The department shall establish a fee for the privilege of operating event wagering. In determining the fee, the department shall consider the highest percentage of revenue share that an Indian tribe pays to this state pursuant to the tribal-state gaming compact. The fee may not exceed ten percent of the event wagering operator's adjusted gross event wagering receipts. The event wagering operator or designee has the option to choose either the cash accrual or modified accrual basis method of accounting for purposes of calculating the amount of the fee owed by the event wagering operator or designee. The fees required pursuant to this section are due and payable to the department not later than the twenty-fifth day of the month following the calendar month in which the adjusted gross event wagering receipts were received and the obligation was accrued.B. The event wagering fund is established consisting of monies deposited pursuant to this chapter or from any other source. The department shall administer the fund. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the department shall deposit, pursuant to sections 35-146 and 35-147, all monies collected under this chapter in the event wagering fund. On or before the twenty-fifth of each month, ninety percent of the monies deposited in the event wagering fund from the previous month shall be transferred to the state general fund. On notice from the department, the state treasurer shall invest and divest monies in the fund as provided by section 35-313, and monies earned from investment shall be credited to the fund.C. Unless otherwise determined by the legislature, the department may spend not more than ten percent of monies on the department's annual costs of regulating and enforcing this chapter.Amended by L. 2022, ch. 306,s. 4, eff. 9/23/2022.Added by L. 2021, ch. 234,s. 4, eff. 4/15/2021. See L. 2022, ch. 306, s. 3.