Senate File 74
SENATE FILE
BY BLACK
Passed Senate, Date Passed House, Date
Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays
Approved
A BILL FOR
1 An Act relating to gambling on excursion boats and at racetracks,
2 by eliminating the ongoing reauthorization requirement of a
3 referendum permitting gambling games and the cruise
4 requirement for excursion gambling boats.
5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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PAG LIN
1 1 Section 1. Section 99F.4, subsection 17, Code 2003, is
1 2 amended to read as follows:
1 3 17. To define the excursion season and the duration of an
1 4 excursion. While an excursion gambling boat is docked,
1 5 passengers may embark or disembark at any time during its
1 6 business hours. The commission shall not have the authority
1 7 to require that an excursion gambling boat leave the dock and
1 8 cruise in order to operate gambling games on the boat.
1 9 Sec. 2. Section 99F.7, subsection 10, paragraph d, Code
1 10 2003, is amended by striking the paragraph.
1 11 EXPLANATION
1 12 This bill amends Code section 99F.4, relating to the powers
1 13 of the racing and gaming commission, to eliminate the
1 14 authority of the racing and gaming commission to provide for
1 15 the duration of an excursion on an excursion gambling boat.
1 16 In addition, the bill provides that the commission shall not
1 17 have the authority to require that an excursion gambling boat
1 18 cruise in order to operate gambling games.
1 19 The bill eliminates the requirement that the proposition to
1 20 operate gambling games on an excursion boat or racetrack must
1 21 be resubmitted to the county electorate for a vote every eight
1 22 years beginning in 2002 once that county has authorized the
1 23 operation of the gambling games by vote. The requirement that
1 24 the county vote on the initial determination of whether to
1 25 authorize gambling games in the county is not amended by this
1 26 bill.
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