Pennsylvania § 1501 - Responsibility and authority of department.
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§ 1501. Responsibility and authority of department.
(a) General rule.--The department is authorized to administer and collect taxes imposed under this part and interest imposed under section 806 of the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.343, No.176), known as The Fiscal Code, and promulgate and enforce rules and regulations to carry out its prescribed duties in accordance with this part, including the collection of taxes, penalties and interest imposed by this part.
(b) Application of rules and regulations.--The department may prescribe the extent, if any, to which any rules and regulations shall be applied without retroactive effect. The department shall have authority to prescribe the forms and the system of accounting and recordkeeping to be employed and through its representative shall at all times have power of access to and examination and audit of any equipment and records relating to all aspects of the operation of slot machines, table games and interactive gaming under this part.
(c) Procedure.--For purposes of implementing this part, the department may promulgate regulations in the same manner in which the board is authorized as provided in section 1203 (relating to temporary regulations) and section 13A03 (relating to temporary table game regulations).
(d) Additional penalty.--Any person who fails to timely remit to the department or the State Treasurer amounts required under this part shall be liable, in addition to any liability imposed elsewhere in this part, to a penalty of 5% per month up to a maximum of 25% of the amounts ultimately found to be due, to be recovered by the department.
(Jan. 7, 2010, P.L.1, No.1, eff. imd.; Oct. 30, 2017, P.L.419, No.42, eff. imd.)
2017 Amendment. Act 42 amended subsec. (b).
2010 Amendment. Act 1 amended subsecs. (b) and (c).
Source: official Pennsylvania text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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