Senate File 2047

                                       SENATE FILE       
                                       BY  KIBBIE and DOTZLER


    Passed Senate, Date               Passed House,  Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act prohibiting the racing and gaming commission from limiting
  2    the number of excursion gambling boat licenses to be issued.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 5571XS 80
  5 ec/gg/14

PAG LIN

  1  1    Section 1.  Section 99F.7, subsection 1, Code 2003, is
  1  2 amended to read as follows:
  1  3    1.  If the commission is satisfied that this chapter and
  1  4 its rules adopted under this chapter applicable to licensees
  1  5 have been or will be complied with, the commission shall issue
  1  6 a license for a period of not more than three years to an
  1  7 applicant to own a gambling game operation and to an applicant
  1  8 to operate an excursion gambling boat.  The commission shall
  1  9 decide which of the gambling games authorized under this
  1 10 chapter it will permit.  The commission shall decide the
  1 11 number, location, and type of excursion gambling boats
  1 12 licensed under this chapter for operation on the rivers,
  1 13 lakes, and reservoirs of this state.  However, the commission
  1 14 does not have the authority to impose a moratorium on the
  1 15 number of licenses to be issued to operate an excursion
  1 16 gambling boat.  The A license shall set forth the name of the
  1 17 licensee, the type of license granted, the place where the
  1 18 excursion gambling boats will operate and dock, and the time
  1 19 and number of days during the excursion season and the off
  1 20 season when gambling may be conducted by the licensee.  The
  1 21 commission shall not allow a licensee to conduct gambling
  1 22 games on an excursion gambling boat while docked during the
  1 23 off season if the licensee does not operate gambling
  1 24 excursions for a minimum number of days during the excursion
  1 25 season.  The commission may delay the commencement of the
  1 26 excursion season at the request of a licensee.
  1 27                           EXPLANATION
  1 28    This bill provides that the racing and gaming commission
  1 29 does not have the authority to impose a moratorium on the
  1 30 issuance of excursion gambling boat licenses.
  1 31 LSB 5571XS 80
  1 32 ec/gg/14
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