Section 4-33-4-3.5 - Gaming agents; salaries and expenses; worker's compensation fee(a) As used in this section, "salaries and other expenses" does not include payments, rights, or benefits available to an employee under IC 22-3-2 through IC 22-3-7.(b) The commission shall employ gaming agents to perform the duties imposed by this chapter. Gaming agents and staff required to support the gaming agents are employees of the commission and are not considered to be employees of licensed owners and operating agents.(c) The licensed owners and operating agents shall, in the manner prescribed by the rules of the commission reimburse the commission for:(1) the training expenses incurred to train gaming agents;(2) the salaries and other expenses of staff required to support the gaming agents; and(3) the salaries and other expenses of the gaming agents required to be present during the time gambling operations are conducted on a riverboat.(d) This subsection applies to a state fiscal year beginning after June 30, 2016. Each licensed owner and each operating agent shall annually pay a special worker's compensation coverage fee of twelve thousand dollars ($12,000) to the commission to be used exclusively to assist the commission in offsetting potential state expenses incurred under IC 22-3-2 through IC 22-3-7 by gaming agents and staff required to support the gaming agents.(e) This section is subject to section 3.7 of this chapter.Amended by P.L. 72-2016, SEC. 1, eff. 3/21/2016.As added by P.L. 53-1995, SEC.1. Amended by P.L. 92-2003, SEC.13; P.L. 170-2005, SEC.4.