Section 819. Training of persons in the repair and reconditioning of slot machines

Possession of a slot machine shall  be  permitted  where  such
  possession  is  necessary  to  facilitate the training of persons in the
  repair and reconditioning of such machines by entities  not  subject  to
  tribal-state compacts, provided all of the following conditions are met:
    1.  The  entity  is  registered with the commissioner pursuant to this
  article;
    2. The entity has an approved apprenticeship program in the electrical
  trades pursuant to title 12, volume C-1, part 601 of the New York  state
  codes, rules and regulations;
    3.  The  entity  has  submitted  to,  and  received approval from, the
  superintendent of state police of a security plan  with  regard  to  the
  movement,  location and storage of such machines at all times, including
  but not limited to, a log of all persons having access to such machines,
  and a video surveillance of such machines;
    4. (a) Written notification, made to the commissioner, shall  be  made
  for  each  machine to be received by an approved apprenticeship program.
  Such notification shall  include  the  manufacturer,  model  and  serial
  number  for  each  machine  and  identification  number  of each program
  storage device such as EPROM,  ROM,  flash  ROM,  DVD  or  CD-ROM.  Such
  identical   information   shall   be   maintained   by   each   approved
  apprenticeship program in a format required by the commissioner.
    (b) Each approved apprenticeship program  shall  promptly  notify  the
  commissioner,  in  writing,  of  the return, removal or destruction of a
  machine or program storage  device  or  of  additional  program  storage
  devices to be received;
    5.  The  entity  possesses  a  tag  issued  by  the department with an
  identification number affixed and identifying each machine;
    6. Payment to the commissioner  of  a  license  fee  of  five  hundred
  dollars  per  machine,  renewable  every  six months, and payment to the
  commissioner of one hundred dollars renewable every six months for  each
  person  registered  in  approved apprenticeship programs. The fee of one
  hundred dollars per person registered in  such  programs  shall  not  be
  collected  from  the  individual  apprentices  but  shall be paid by the
  entity registered pursuant to this article;
    7. Notwithstanding subdivision six of this section, any entity with an
  approved apprenticeship program as defined in this section shall not  be
  liable  to  pay  the fees provided for in this section if such entity is
  the state university of New York, the city university  of  New  York,  a
  community  college or board of cooperative educational services as those
  terms are defined in the education law.