Exhibit 3.13
AMENDED AND RESTATED OPERATING
AGREEMENT
OF
FRESCA LLC
A Nevada limited liability company
This Amended and Restated Operating
Agreement (the “ Agreement ”) of Fresca LLC, a
Nevada limited liability company (the “ Company
”), is made, adopted and entered into at Las Vegas, Nevada,
as of the 24th day of May 2004 (the “ Effective
Date ”), by Charlie’s Holding, LLC, a Delaware
limited liability company (the “ Member ”),
which is the sole member of the Company.
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As of the Effective Date, the Member desires to amend and restate
the operating agreement of the Company to provide for the conduct
of the Company’s business and affairs on and after the
Effective Date.
NOW, THEREFORE, Member hereby agrees
to and adopts the following:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
1.1
Defined Terms . The capitalized terms used in this
Agreement shall have the following meanings:
Act . “Act” means Chapter 86
of the NRS.
Affiliate . “Affiliate” means with
respect to a specified Person, any other Person who or which is
(a) directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or under
common control with the specified Person, or (b) any member,
stockholder, director, officer, manager, or comparable principal
of, or relative or spouse of, the specified Person. For
purposes of this definition, “control”,
“controlling”, and “controlled” mean the
right to exercise, directly or indirectly, more than fifty percent
of the voting power of the stockholders, members or owners and,
with respect to any individual, partnership, trust or other entity
or association, the possession, directly or indirectly, of the
power to direct or cause the direction of the management or
policies of the controlled entity.
Agreement . “Agreement” means this
Operating Agreement.
Articles . “Articles” means the
Articles of Organization and all amendments thereto of the Company
as filed with the office of the Nevada Secretary of
State.
Capital Contribution
. “Capital
Contribution” means a contribution to the capital of the
Company in cash, property, or otherwise.
Code . “Code” means the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, or any
corresponding United States federal tax statute enacted after the
date of this Agreement. A reference to a specific section of
the Code refers not only to such specific section
but also to any corresponding provision of any
United States federal tax statute enacted after the date of this
Agreement, as such specific section or corresponding provision is
in effect on the date of application of the provisions of this
Agreement containing such reference.
Company . “Company” means Fresca LLC,
a Nevada limited liability company.
Covered Person
. “Covered Person”
means the Member and any other Person designated by the Member as a
Covered Person, or any Person who was, at the time of the act or
omission in question, a Member or a Person designated by a Member
as a Covered Person.
Gaming Authority
. “Gaming
Authority” means those national, state, local and other
governmental, regulatory and administrative authorities, agencies,
boards and officials responsible for or involved in the regulation
of gaming or gaming activities in any jurisdiction and, within the
State of Nevada, specifically, the Nevada Gaming Commission, the
Nevada State Gaming Control Board, and the Clark County Liquor and
Gaming Licensing Board.
Gaming Laws
. “Gaming Laws”
means those laws pursuant to which any Gaming Authority possesses
regulatory, licensing or permit authority over gaming within any
jurisdiction and, within the State of Nevada, specifically, the
Nevada Gaming Control Act, as codified in NRS Chapter 463, and
the regulations of the Nevada Gaming Commission promulgated
thereunder, and the Clark County Code.
Gaming Licenses
. “Gaming
Licenses” means all licenses, permits, approvals,
authorizations, registrations, findings of suitability, franchises,
entitlements, waivers and exemptions issued by any Gaming Authority
necessary for or relating to the conduct of activities or the
ownership of an interest in an entity that conducts activities
under the Gaming Laws.
Interest . “Interest” means the entire
ownership interest of the Member in the Company at any time,
including the right of the Member to any and all benefits to which
the Member may be entitled as provided under the Act and this
Agreement.
Member . “Member” means the sole
member of the Company. As of the Effective Date, the
Member’s name, address and ownership interest are as set
forth on Schedule I attached hereto.
NRS . “NRS” means the Nevada
Revised Statutues.
Person . “Person” a natural person,
any form of business or social organization and any other
non-governmental legal entity including, but not limited to, a
corporation, partnership, association, trust, unincorporated
organization, estate or limited liability company.
Records Office
. “Records Office”
means an office of the Company in Nevada, which may but need not be
a place of its business, at which it shall keep all records
identified in NRS 86.241, except that none of the lists
required to be maintained pursuant to NRS 86.241 need be
maintained in alphabetical order, nor shall the Company be required
to maintain at its Records Office copies of powers of attorney
except those relating to the execution of the Articles and this
Agreement.
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Regulations
. “Regulations”
means the regulations currently in force from time to time as final
or temporary that have been issued by the U.S. Department of the
Treasury pursuant to its authority under the Code. If a word
or phrase is defined in this Agreement by cross-referencing the
Regulations, then to the extent the context of this Agreement and
the Regulations require, the term “Member” shall be
substituted in the Regulations for the term “partner”,
the term “Company” shall be substituted in the
Regulations for the term “partnership”, and other
similar conforming changes shall be deemed to have been made for
purposes of applying the Regulations.
UCC . “UCC” means the Uniform
Commercial Code as enacted and in effect in the State of Nevada and
any other applicable state or jurisdiction.
Unsuitable Person
. “Unsuitable
Person” means a manager, director, officer, agent or employee
of the Company or an Affiliate of such Person, (i) who is
denied a Gaming License by any Gaming Authority, disqualified from
eligibility for a Gaming License, determined to be unsuitable to
own or control an Interest or determined to be unsuitable to be
connected with a Person engaged in gaming activities in any
jurisdiction by a Gaming Authority, or (ii) whose continued
involvement in the business of the Company or Affiliate of the
Company as a manager, director, officer, agent or employee
(A) causes the Company or any Affiliate of the Company to lose
or to be threatened with the loss of any Gaming License, or
(B) is deemed likely, in the sole and absolute discretion of
the Member, based on verifiable information or information received
from the Gaming Authorities to jeopardize or adversely affect the
likelihood that the Gaming Authorities will issue a Gaming License
to the Company or any Affiliate of the Company or to adversely
affect the Company’s or any such Affiliate’s use of or
entitlement to any Gaming License.
1.2
Terms and Usage Generally . All references herein to
articles, sections, exhibits and schedules shall be deemed to be
references to articles and sections of, and exhibits and schedules
to, this Agreement unless the context shall otherwise
require. All exhibits and schedules attached hereto shall be
deemed incorporated herein as if set forth in full herein.
The words “include”, “includes” and
“including” shall be deemed to be followed by the
phrase “without limitation”. The words
“hereof”, “herein” and
“hereunder” and words of similar import when used in
this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to
any particular provision of this Agreement. References to a
Person are also to his, her or its successors and permitted
assigns. Unless otherwise expressly provided herein, any
agreement, instrument or statute defined or referred to herein or
in any agreement or instrument defined or referred to herein means
such agreement, instrument or statute as from time to time amended,
modified or supplemented, including (in the case of agreements or
instruments) by waiver or consent and (in the case of statutes) by
succession of comparable successor statutes, and references to all
attachments thereto and instruments incorporated
therein.
ARTICLE II
INTRODUCTORY MATTERS
2.1
Formation . Pursuant to the Act, the Company has been
formed as a Nevada limited liability company under the laws of the
State of Nevada. To the extent that the rights or obligations
of the Member are different by reason of any provision of this
Agreement
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than they would be in the
absence of such provision, this Agreement shall, to the extent
permitted by the Act, control.
2.2
Name . The name of the Company shall be “Fresca
LLC.” Subject to compliance with applicable law, the
business and affairs of the Company may be conducted under that
name or any other name that the Member deems appropriate or
advisable.
2.3
Records Office . The Company shall continuously
maintain in the State of Nevada a Records Office. As of the
date hereof, the Records Office is c/o Schreck Brigone, 1200 Bank
of America Plaza, 300 South 4th Avenue, Las Vegas, Nevada
89101. The Records Office may be changed to another location
within the State of Nevada as the Member may from time to time
determine.
2.4
Other Offices . The Company may establish and maintain
other offices at any time and at any place or places as the Member
may designate or as the business of the Company may
require.
2.5
Resident Agent and Registered Office . The resident
agent of the Company for service of process shall be as set forth
in the Articles or as changed by the Member from time to
time. The Company shall have as its registered office in the
State of Nevada the street address of its resident
agent.
2.6
Purpose . The Company is formed for the object and
purpose of, and the nature of the business to be conducted and
promoted by the Company is, operating, managing and conducting
gaming in gaming facilities on or within the premises known as
“Arizona Charlie’s Decatur”, located at
740 S. Decatur Blvd., Las Vegas, Nevada 89107 and
engaging in any lawful act or activity for which limited liability
companies may be formed under the Act and engaging in any and all
activities necessary or incidental to the foregoing.
2.7
Powers of the Company . The Company shall have the
power and authority to take any and all actions necessary,
appropriate, advisable, convenient or incidental to or for the
furtherance of the purpose set forth in Section 2.6,
including, but not limited to, the power and authority
to:
(a)
borrow money and issue evidences of indebtedness, and to secure the
same by a mortgage, pledge or other lien on any or all of the
assets of the Company;
(b)
conduct its business and operations in any state, territory,
district or possession of the United States or in any foreign
country;
(c)
conduct its business, carry on its operations and have and exercise
the powers granted by the Act in any state, territory, district or
possession of the United States or in any foreign
country;
(d)
acquire, by purchase, lease, contribution of property or otherwise,
and own, hold, maintain, improve, finance, lease, sell, convey,
transfer, exchange, demolish or dispose of any real or personal
property;
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(e)
enter into guarantees and incur liabilities, borrow money at such
rates of interest as the Company may determine, issue its notes,
bonds and other obligations, and secure any of its obligations by
mortgage or pledge of all or any part of its real or personal
property, franchises, and income;
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